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Transplant
The grafting of a tissue from one place to another, just as in botany a bud from one plant might be grafted onto the stem of another. The transplanting of tissue can be from one part of the patient to another (autologous transplantation)…
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- Unicornuate Having one horn or being horn-shaped. The uterus is normally unicornuate
- Mycobacteria Plural of mycobacterium
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- Right atrium The right upper chamber of the heart. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the body through the…
- Fracture, greenstick A fracture in which one side of a bone is broken while the other is bent (like a green stick). NTER> A…
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA, an agency of the US government (under the Department of Labor) with the responsibility of ensuring…
- DNA sequence The precise ordering of the bases (A,T,G,C) from which the DNA is composed. DNA sequencing involves…
- Sleep, REM Sleep, REM: REM sleep is the portion of sleep when there are rapid eye movements (REMs). Dreams occur during…
- Osteoporosis Osteoporosis: Thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein…